Current Events > Didn't the Allies know that Germany was capable of air combat?

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Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Messerschmidt Joe?
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The French couldn't even figure out that Germany was capable of moving sideways, let alone consider a 3rd dimension.
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of course, there's a reason Brittan expanded the RAF.
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s0nicfan posted...

The French couldn't even figure out that Germany was capable of moving sideways, let alone consider a 3rd dimension.

lol.
The Maginot line would have made for an epic war had the Germans tried it.
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s0nicfan posted...

The French couldn't even figure out that Germany was capable of moving sideways, let alone consider a 3rd dimension.

maginot line reference?
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s0nicfan posted...

The French couldn't even figure out that Germany was capable of moving sideways, let alone consider a 3rd dimension.

The French and British both fully expected the Germans to come through Belgium, because trying to bludgeon through the Maginot Line would be a phenomenally bad idea. They expected them to come through the plains in the northwest of Belgium, though, so that's where they concentrated their forces. They didn't believe the terrain of the Ardennes could allow a motorized advance. When the Germans punched through in the Ardennes, they were basically free to circle around behind the Allied forces and cut them off.
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